While Uber is known only as an app, the company decided to open brick-and-mortar offices in hopes to attract more employees and drivers.

While Uber is known only as an app, the company decided to open brick-and-mortar offices in hopes to attract more employees and drivers.

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Updated: 6:22 PM PST Feb 19, 2016

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WEBVTT OFFICE. IF YOU WANT TO BE A DRIVER, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP. REPORTER: BY NOW, YOU HAV HEARD OF UBER. BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE COMPANY SIGNED UP 5000 NEW DRIVERS IN SACRAMENTO LAST YEAR AND TODAY -- >> BEAUTIFUL. [APPLAUSE] REPORTER: THEY CUT THE RECORD -- THE RIBBON ON THIS NEW ELK GROVE OFFICE. THAT'S RIGHT, THE COMPANY ALL ABOUT BEING MOBILE AND ONLINE NOW HAS A PHYSICAL SPACE HERE. >> > FOR UBER TO CHOOSE ELK GROVE AS ITS HOME IN SACRAMENTO, THAT SAYS AMAZING THINGS ABOUT ELK GROVE. REPORTER: UBER CALLS THIS AN ACTIVATION CENTER. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DRIVE FOR UBER CAN COME HERE AND SIGN UP. DAWN COOKS IS A DRIVER. >> I'M A MOM, I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR. PEOPLE ARE BETWEEN JOBS AND WANT TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME AND UBER WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME. REPORTER: UBER SAYS ROUGHLY 100 PEOPLE A DAY HAVE ALREADY COME IN IN THE FEW WEEKS THIS OFFICE , HAS BEEN OPEN. >> IN A GROWTH ECONOMY, IN A GROWTH AREA LIKE SACRAMENTO, WE'RE STILL FINDING NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS. REPORTER: YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP ONLINE BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK , TO SOMEONE WITH UBER IN PERSON, NOW YOU CAN DO THAT,

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While Uber is known only as an app, the company decided to open brick-and-mortar offices in hopes to attract more employees and drivers.